{"id":36641,"date":"2023-10-10T18:57:42","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T18:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/10\/10\/shield-ai-unveils-v-bat-teams-drone-swarm-tech-with-eye-to-replicator\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:56:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:56:26","slug":"shield-ai-unveils-v-bat-teams-drone-swarm-tech-with-eye-to-replicator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/unmanned\/uas\/2023\/10\/10\/shield-ai-unveils-v-bat-teams-drone-swarm-tech-with-eye-to-replicator\/","title":{"rendered":"Shield AI unveils V-Bat Teams drone swarm tech, with eye to Replicator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 California-based defense technology firm Shield AI on Monday launched a new drone swarming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/07\/30\/heres-how-shield-ais-tech-will-boost-v-bats-capability-on-a-contested-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\">capability called V-Bat Teams<\/a> \u2014 one it hopes the Defense Department might use for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/08\/28\/pentagon-unveils-replicator-drone-program-to-compete-with-china\/\" target=\"_blank\">programs such as its Replicator initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V-Bat Teams, which grew out of Shield AI\u2019s experiments with the Air Force\u2019s AFWERX innovation unit that culminated in a demonstration this summer, has at its core the company\u2019s artificial intelligence pilot software dubbed Hivemind. These teams consisting of a handful of V-Bat aircraft are intended to operate autonomously in high-threat environments, without needing instructions or guidance from GPS or communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview Tuesday at the Association of the U.S. Army\u2019s annual conference in Washington, Shield AI\u2019s co-founder and president said V-Bat Teams could be a \u201cgreat fit\u201d with the Pentagon\u2019s Replicator program, which aims to field thousands of autonomous, attritable drones in the next two years to counter China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brandon Tseng added that V-Bat Teams would operate with minimal instruction from human operators, beyond the point where the humans tell them what target or mission to pursue. However, the V-Bats would notify humans when they notice something that needs to be brought to their attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tseng said Shield AI conducted the first flight of V-Bat Teams in April and conducted a demonstration as part of the Air Force\u2019s AFWERX autonomy effort in June. That demo, which was announced in August, showed how the Hivemind technology could launch and autonomously control a trio of V-Bats to monitor and surveil simulated wildfires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V-Bat Teams now include four of the UAVs, Tseng said, but the company hopes to double that capacity every year \u2014 to eight in 2024, then to 16, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hivemind\u2019s autonomous software is, on its own, already able to control many more V-Bats, Tseng said. The limiting factor on V-Bat Teams comes in the operational logistics of launching multiple drones at once and then landing, he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sending large swarms of drones into the air isn\u2019t a new trick, Tseng noted, as such demonstrations are commonly done at festivals or other celebratory events. But those are \u201cbrittle, dumb drones\u201d that would fall out of the sky or automatically land if they were jammed, he added. Shield AI first focused on creating an intelligent, secure AI pilot in the form of Hivemind, and then the firm worked to add more drones into the mix to carry out different mission sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V-Bat Teams will first focus on maritime domain awareness missions, Tseng said, but their use could expand to include the suppression of enemy air defenses, strike operations, escort missions and logistics operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With their relatively low cost \u2014 Tseng said the V-Bat\u2019s price point comes around the mid-six-figure range \u2014 V-Bats could even be used as decoys to lure out enemy fire and take hits that would otherwise target crewed aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">V-Bats are attritable, Tseng noted, which means they could be sent into combat in considerable numbers and the military could easily weather their loss, while still being able to operate intelligently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tseng said some of Ukraine\u2019s experiences have shown that throwing waves of basic drones at an enemy isn\u2019t always enough to make a dent. \u201cYou need intelligent, affordable mass,\u201d he noted. \u201cMass for the sake of mass is not helpful; it has very low returns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shield AI aims to sell V-Bat Teams to all U.S. military services as well as foreign customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re going to open up a new paradigm of these operations when you have this many aircraft that are able to do it autonomously,\u201d Tseng said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, however, Tseng doesn\u2019t see V-Bat Teams fitting in with the Air Force\u2019s plan to create a fleet of collaborative combat aircraft \u2014 autonomous drones that fly alongside crewed fighters such as F-35s. 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